Torpedo-cane.



l H. P. NEU.

TORPEDO CANE. APPLIOATION FILED JUNI: s, 1911.

Patented Apr. 30, 1912.

2 SHEETS-HEBT 1 o., WASHINGTON D c H. P. NEU. TORPEDO GANE. APPLIGATIONFILED JUNBB, 1911.

Patenteapr. 3o, 1912.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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TORPEDO-CANE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed .Tune 8, 1911.

Patented Apr. 30, 1912. Serial No. 632,002.

To aZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HERBERT F. NEU, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brookfield, in the county of Waukesha, State of Wisconsin,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Torpedo-Canes; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to torpedo canes, and particularly to that typeprovided with a magazine for holding a plurality of torpedoes which maybe successively red.

The object of the invention resides in the provision of a torpedo canewhich includes novel means adapted to be operated by the pressure of oneend of the cane against an obstruction, for successively explodingtorpedoes and further operated by the release of said pressure to feed atorpedo from the magazine into the explosive chamber of the cane.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in thedetails of construction and in the arrangement and combination of partsto be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out inthe appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail,

reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein likecharacters of reference denote corresponding parts in the several views,and in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of a cane constructed inaccordance with the invention, with an intermediate portion of the caneremoved. Fig. 2 a vertical section of what is illustrated in Fig. 1 withthe parts in the position they would occupy just previous to the releaseof the firing hammer to explode a torpedo. Fig. 3 a view similar to Fig.2 with the parts in the position they would occupy at the moment offiring the torpedo. Fig. 4 a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 asection on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 6 a fragmental detailperspective view of the sear and its supporting parts which are utilizedto energize the firing hammer.

Referring to the drawings the device is shown as comprising a staif orcane 10 which carries at its lower end a casing A. This casing A hasformed therein; a hammer chamber 11 and a magazine chamber 12 whichextends side by side with their longitudinal axis parallel. The upperend of the hammer chamber 11 is closed by the lower end of the staffwhich is enlarged and secured to the casing A by means of a pin. Thelower end of the hammer chamber 11 terminates in an explosive chamber 14while the lower end of the magazine chamber 12 communicates with theexplosive chamber 14 and is also provided with a lateral extension y15in horizontal alinement with the opening between the magazine chamber 12and the explosive chamber 14. Formed in the walls of the explosivechamber 14 are oppositely disposed openings 16 which serve to permit theescape of gas from the said chamber to the atmosphere upon the explosionof a torpedo therein. The lower wall of, the chamber 14 serves asananvil for coperation with a hammer 17 mounted for movement in thechambers 11 and 14. This hammer is provided with a lateral extending lug18 which projects through a longitudinal slot 19 formed in the wall ofthe casing A. Projecting laterally from the upper and lower ends of thecasing A are spaced ears 20 and 21 the former of which is provided witha square opening 22 while the latter is provided with a round opening 23in alinement with the opening 22. Slidably mounted in the opening 22 isthe squared upper end of a rod 24 while a rounded lower end of said rod24 is slidably mounted in the opening '25. The lower end of this rod 24terminates in an enlarged portion 25 and a spring 26 encircling said rodbetween said enlarged portion and the ear 21 serves to normally holdsaid rod in the position shown in Fig. 1. The inner portion of the ear20 is enlarged as at 27 and is provided with a diverging face 27 for apurpose that will presently appear. Pivoted to the rod 24 is a sear 28,which has fixed thereto a yoke 29 encircling the rod 24, this yoke 29 isengaged by a leaf spring 30 secured to the rod 24, which springconstantly tends to force said sear into the position shown in Fig. 1.Disposed in the chamber 11 between the lower end of the staff 10 and theupper end of the hammer 17 is a spring 31, which constantly tends toforce said` hammer to firing position. Mounted in the lateral extension15 of the magazine chamber 12 is a plunger 81 which has an outwardlydisthrough this opening and the eye 33 are portions of an angular rod86, the lower end of which rod is secured to the lower end of the rod24. The portion of the rod 36 which extends through the eye 33 isinclined toward the rod 24 so that as said rod 24 is movedlongitudinally in iirst one direction and then the other the plunger 31will be reciprocated in the extension 15. The magazine chamber 12 hasits upper end closed by means of a suitable cap 37 hinged to the casingA The operation of the device is as follows: Assuming the parts to beshown in Fig. 1 and the magazine chamber 12 supplied with torpedoes itis only necessary in order to etfect the firing of a torpedo to pressthe lower end of the rod 24 against a suitable obstruction such as theside walk. Such pressure exerted upon the rod 24 will cause the same tobe forced toward the upper end of the cane and carry with it the sear28. During this movement of the scar 28 it will engage the lug 18 oi'the hammer 17 and move said hammer toward the upper end of the chamber11 against the influence of the spring 31. During this upward movementof the hammer 17 the communication between the magazine chamber 12 andthe explosive chamber 14 will be opened so as to permit the delivery ofa torpedo to the explosive chamber by the plunger 15 which is actuatedby the rod 36 simultaneously with the upward movement oit' the rod 24.At the termination of the movement of the rod 24 under the influencepreviously referred to, the sear 28 engages the inclined face of the ear2O and is forced outwardly against the influence of the spring 30 untilit is moved out of engagement with the lug 18. As soon as the lug 18 andthe sear 28 have been disengaged t-he hammer 17 is driven by the spring31 into the explosive chamber 14 where it strikes and explodes thetorpedo previously delivered from the magazine chamber 12. The spring 26on the lower end of the rod 24 serves to return said rod and the partscarried thereby to the position shown in Fig. l, when the operationpreviously described may be repeated.

W'hat is claimed is:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a cane,of a casing secured thereto having a magazine chamber and a hammerchamber, the latter of which terminates at one end in an explosivechamber and communicates with said magazine chamber, a hammer mountedfor movement in the hammer and explosive chambers normally closingcommunication between the hammer chamber and the magazine chamber, aspring constantly tending to force said hammer into the explosivechamber, means :tor moving said hammer against the influence of saidspring and then automatically releasing same to said influence to fire acharge contained within the explosive chamber, and means operated duringthe movement of the hammer against the iniiuence of said spring fordelivering an explosive charge from the magazine chamber into theexplosive chamber.

2. lin a device of the character described, the combination with a caneof a casing secured thereto having an explosive chamber, a hammermounted for movement in said chamber, a spring constantly tending tomove said hammer in one direction, and means actuated by a constantpressure exerted upon the cane :tor moving said hammer against theinfluence of said spring and then releasing the hammer to said influenceto explode a charge contained within the explosive chamber.

8. ln a device of the character described, the combination with a cane,of a casing secured thereto having an explosive chamber and providedwith a longitudinal slot in its wall, a hammer mounted in said casingfor movement into said explosive chamber to tire a charge containedtherein, means constantly tending to move said hammer into saidexplosive chamber, a lug on said hammer extending through said slot, arod slidably mounted on said casing, a sear pivoted to said rod, aspring carried by said rod normally holding said sear in engagement withthe lug, whereby the sliding oi' said rod will produce a correspondingmovement of the hammer, and means for automatically releasing said searfrom engagement with the lug on the hammer at the termination of themovement of said rod in one direction.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination with a cane, of acasing secured thereto having a magazine chamber and a hammer chamber,the latter of which terminates at one end in an explosive chamber whichcommunicates with said magazine chamber, a hammer mounted for movementin the hammer and explosive chambers normally closing communicationbetween the hammer chamber and the magazine chamber, a spring constantlytending to torce said hammer into the said explosive chamber, means :tormoving said hammer against the influence of said spring and thenautomatically releasing same to said iniiuence to fire a chargecontained within the explosive chamber, a plunger mounted in said casingfor movement in line with the opening between the magazine chamber andthe hammer chamber and across one end of the magazine chamber, andconnections between In testimony whereof, I ax my signasaid plunger andthe hammer operating ture, in presence of two witnesses. means wherebythe plunger is operated t0- ward the passage between the magazineHERBERT F NEU' chamber and the hammer chamber when Witnesses: saidhammer is moved against the influence E. H. TUCKER,

of said spring. T. E. PENNYCOOK.

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